In layman's terms, the mastering of your final work, after the finished mix is completed is the final polish. Check out Logic 401: Logic's Mastering Toolbox, by Steve Horelick for an up close and thorough understanding of what 'Mastering' really means. Mastering is also a phase of the production cycle where the term 'Less is More' is the gold standard. Mastering is a bit of an elusive art since it's typically done without the artist or mixing engineer present at the time of post production. In this Review we'll look at how to use the T-Racks Stand Alone Plug-ins to master your music without any mastering experience. The Mastering Engineer readies the mix for wide scale reproduction and or broadcast. It's no coincidence that thousands of top-charting records have been made using T-RackS.Mastering is the post production phase where a completed mixed down track or CD album is treated through processes performed by a 'Mastering Engineer'.

From day one, an ever-growing number of professionals and enthusiasts have trusted our expertise and meticulous approach to creating the finest digital processors on the planet. Since then we have been leading the way, setting an industry standard and crafting some of the world's best sounding plug-ins for professional applications. IK Multimedia invented T-RackS in 1999, marking the beginning of a new era by unleashing the power of a complete, affordable mastering software tool to everyone. T-RackS 5 is the ultimate mix and mastering workstation from the creator of the first desktop mastering software.

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